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Chemistry: Electrical Current Producing Apparatus, Product, And Process > Fuel Cell, Subcombination Thereof Or Methods Of Operating > Solid Electrolyte > Plural Disc Or Modules Plural Disc Or ModulesPlural Disc Or Modules patent applications listed are from June 2005 to current and include Date, Patent Application Number, Patent Title, Patent Abstract summary and are linked to the corresponding patent application page.05/31/07 - 20070122674 - Solid oxide fuell cell and method for manufacturing the same A solid oxide fuel cell C2 has a laminate including a solid electrolyte substrate, a cathode electrode layer 2 formed on one side of the substrate and an anode electrode layer formed on the other side of the substrate. A metallic mesh M is formed all over the solid electrolyte ... 05/31/07 - 20070122673 - Direct liquid feed fuel cell system having double fuel storage A direct liquid feed fuel cell system includes fuel cells including an electrolyte membrane, a plurality of cathode electrodes formed on a first surface of the electrolyte membrane, and anode electrodes formed on a second part of the electrolyte membrane; and a high concentration fuel storage unit and a low ... 05/17/07 - 20070111070 - Fuel cells and methods of preparation Provided are methods of preparing a fuel cell in which a microporous layer is coated on a temporary carrier substrate and an electrode assembly is then laminated to the microporous layer, after or prior to removing the temporary carrier substrate from the microporous layer. Preferably, the microporous layer comprises one ... 05/17/07 - 20070111069 - Method and materials for bonding electrodes to interconnect layers in solid oxide fuel cell stacks A method and related bonding compositions for use in assembling a solid oxide fuel cell (“SOFC”) stack having thermally and chemically stable and electrically conductive bonds between alternating fuel cells and interconnect components in the stack. The improved method and materials allow for the assembly of solid oxide fuel cells ... 05/17/07 - 20070111068 - Compliant feed tubes for planar solid oxide fuel cell systems A solid oxide fuel cell system. The solid oxide fuel cell system may include a number of fuel cells placed under load in a fuel cell stack, a number of manifold slices placed under load in a manifold column, and a number of compliant feed tubes connecting the fuel cells ... 05/17/07 - 20070111067 - Solid oxide fuel cell A solid oxide fuel cell (1, 101, 201) has a plurality of electric power-generating elements (20) each including a solid oxide electrolyte (21) and a porous electrode section (22, 23) to which gases are supplied. The fuel cell includes a plurality of first porous current collector layers (31), each electrically ... 05/10/07 - 20070104992 - Solid oxide fuel cell stack of modularized design A solid oxide fuel cell stack of modularized design is disclosed, which comprises: at least a fuel cell cassette; an air tank, for providing air to the fuel cell stack while being used for receiving the fuel cell cassette; a fuel tank, for providing fuel to the fuel cell stack; ... 04/05/07 - 20070077477 - Fuel cell unit A fuel cell unit is provided which comprises at least one structural member, the structural member comprising two electrolyte/electrode bonded members (14) each comprising a first electrode (13) and a second electrode (12) and an electrolyte membrane (11) disposed between the electrodes, a conductive porous substrate (15) disposed between the ... 03/29/07 - 20070072035 - Solid oxide fuel cell structures, and related compositions and processes A solid oxide fuel cell is disclosed. The fuel cell includes a porous anode, formed of finely-dispersed nickel/stabilized-zirconia powder particles. The particles have an average diameter of less than about 300 nanometers. They are also characterized by a tri-phase length of greater than about 50 μm/μm3. A solid oxide fuel ... 02/15/07 - 20070037031 - Cermet and ceramic interconnects for a solid oxide fuel cell An interconnect and gas separator for a solid oxide fuel cell includes a cermet material comprising a first conductive phase and a second ceramic phase or a multi-component ceramic material including a first ceramic ionically conductive and electrically non-conductive component and a second ceramic electrically conductive component. ... 02/01/07 - 20070026283 - Proton exchange membrane (pem) electrochemical cell having an integral, electrically-conductive, resiliently compressible, porous pad Electrolysis cell comprises, in one embodiment, a proton exchange membrane (PEM), an anode positioned along one face of the PEM, and a cathode positioned along the other face of the PEM. A multi-layer metal screen for defining a first fluid cavity is placed in contact with the outer face of ... 01/25/07 - 20070020497 - Direct fuel cell system A direct methanol fuel cell is provided in a fuel tank, and a liquid fuel is supplied to a fuel electrode with convection through a duct which vertically passes through a surface of a separator. Air is supplied to a duct for air supply, the duct being provided to the ... 11/09/06 - 20060251944 - Polymer electrolyte fuel cell The durability of a polymer electrolyte fuel cell is very significantly improved by using a tightening pressure of about 2 to 4 kgf/cm2 of area of electrode; or a tightening pressure of about 4 to 8 kgf/cm2 of contact area between electrode and separator plate; or by selecting a value ... 11/09/06 - 20060251943 - Polymer electrolyte fuel cell power generation system wherein the control unit controls, during the power generation, the temperature of the cooling fluid at the inlet of the cooling fluid 401 though the cooling fluid supply system so as to satisfy T1≧T2+1° C. where T1 is a corresponding dew-point temperature of at least either the fuel gas or ... 10/26/06 - 20060240302 - Fuel cell operating method with improved hydrogen and oxygen utilization A fuel cell system wherein a plurality of fuel cells are arranged in a series of stages, the number of fuel cells decreasing in number in each stage from anode gas inlet to the anode gas outlet. The system allows for parallel flow to all of the cells in a ... 10/12/06 - 20060228606 - Water management in monopolar fuel cells A monopolar fuel cell stack comprising proton exchange membrane fuel cells supplied with a gaseous anodic reactant, preferably hydrogen, and a gaseous cathodic reactant, preferably air. The monopolar fuel cell stack, forming at least one substantially planar array, includes a liquid water retention barrier disposed over an electrode to retain ... 10/12/06 - 20060228605 - Planar fuel cell and method for the production thereof The invention relates to a planar fuel cell including an electrode-membrane-electrode assembly, wherein the membrane includes a fabric, the warp fibers (31) of which are continuous fibers in an electrically insulating material and the weft fibers of which alternately are fibers in an insulating material (31′) and fibers in an ... 09/28/06 - 20060216564 - Ccm composite CCM formed of a membrane having on one of the two surfaces a first electrocatalytic layer containing a catalyst and on the other one a second electrocatalytic layer containing a catalyst, said electrocatalytic layers and said membrane containing (per)fluorinated ionomers, said CCM having the following characteristics: size variations, for both ... 09/21/06 - 20060210858 - Compliant stack for a planar solid oxide fuel cell A fuel cell stack formed of repeating cell units is provided wherein each cell unit includes a fuel cell having an anode side and a cathode side; an anode side frame; a cathode side frame; a bipolar plate having an anode side interconnect adjacent to the anode side frame and ... 09/14/06 - 20060204811 - Adaptor type fuel cell and assembly structure thereof The present invention is related to an adaptor type fuel cell which partly comprises the fuel cell manufactured by the print circuit board (PCB) that utilizes the process of PCB, wherein the fuel cell comprises one or more membrane electrode assemblies (MEAs) which is sandwiched between the PCB and characterized ... 09/07/06 - 20060199061 - Water management in bipolar electrochemical cell stacks A bipolar, filter press-like electrochemical cell stack comprising a plurality of electrochemical cells, where each electrochemical cell is supplied with a gaseous anodic reactant and either supplied with a gaseous cathodic reactant or produces a gaseous cathodic product, and where each electrochemical cell avoids drying out the ion exchange membrane ... 08/03/06 - 20060172168 - Deposited structures A composition, method and apparatus for ink jet deposition of structures are described. Structures which may be deposited have many advantages as a result of their small scale. This is believed to be a result of the sub-micron sized loading used in the composition. Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (SPFCs) are ... 07/27/06 - 20060166066 - Solid-polymer electrolyte fuel cell A solid-polymer electrolyte fuel cell comprising power generating units each being constituted by laminating an electrolyte membrane sandwiched between a pair of electrodes, and a pair of gas diffusion layers disposed on the electrodes, wherein laminated portions are formed in the peripheries of the power generating units by laminating a ... 07/27/06 - 20060166065 - Mini fuel battery with screw closure system This mini fuel cell battery has a central body into which two membrane electrode assemblies are positioned, one at each end of the central body. An anodic space is defined between the two membrane assemblies. The central body has two internal threads into which two externally threaded rings are screwed ... 07/06/06 - 20060147778 - Solid-oxide shaped fuel cell module There is provided a solid oxide fuel cell module comprising a substrate with an internal fuel flow part provided therein, at least a face thereof, in contact with cells, and interconnectors, being an insulator, a plurality of the cells each comprised of an anode, an electrolyte, and a cathode, stacked ... 06/22/06 - 20060134490 - Multi-element thin-film fuel cell An economical and easy to manufacture miniaturized fuel cell having fuel chambers formed from a substrate, such as a silicon wafer, to define a plurality of elongate fuel chambers in fluid-communication with each other within the substrate. Elongate electrolytes, anodes and cathodes extend along the fuel chambers to maximize the ... 06/08/06 - 20060121328 - Structure of integrated packed fuel cell A structure of an integrated packed fuel cell including an integrated cathode electrode sheet that further includes a substrate, at least a cathode electrode area, and at least a conductive opening, an intermediate bonding layer that further includes at least a bonding sheet and at least a conductive opening, an ... 04/27/06 - 20060088748 - Novel compositions of monomers, oligomers and polymers and methods for making the same A process of synthesizing a polymer electrolyte is described. The process includes polymerizing one or more monomers or oligomers to make said polymer electrolyte. At least one of the one or more monomers or at least one of the one or more oligomers include at least one property imparting unit, ... 04/20/06 - 20060083975 - Fuel cell stack mock-up and pressure measuring instrument of fuel cell balance of plant using fuel cell stack mock-up A pressure variation before and after providing hydrogen and oxygen to a fuel cell stack is measured substantially identically to the actual situation without using an actual fuel cell stack, thereby enabling to feasibly design a fuel cell Balance Of Plant (BOP) at low cost. ... 04/20/06 - 20060083974 - Heat conducting metal layer for ion conductor stack The current invention relates to a means for improving heat removal from the inside of an electrochemical device to the outer surface so as to reduce thermal stresses in the device, thereby allowing for increased oxygen production. A means for conducting heat toward the outer edge is provided. The means ... 03/09/06 - 20060051645 - Fuel cell stack with high output current and low output voltage A fuel cell stack includes a plurality of anode bus plates and a plurality of cathode bus plates disposed between two end plates of a fuel cell stack in such a manner that at least two cell units as a cell set are grouped between the anode bus plate and ... 03/09/06 - 20060051644 - Gas flow panels integrated with solid oxide fuel cell stacks A generally planar, rectangular solid oxide fuel cell stack having a plurality of fuel cell units, each of the fuel cell units having an anode, a cathode and an electrolyte disposed there between, at least one bipolar separator plate disposed between the anode electrode of one fuel cell unit and ... 02/16/06 - 20060035128 - Current bus and power lead assemblies for solid oxide fuel cell generators A solid oxide fuel cell generator (10) is made which contains a plurality of bundles (14) of solid oxide fuel cells (36), the fuel cells, capable of generating electrical current, a bus bar unit (128) in adjacent contact with the plurality of fuel cell bundles at the sides of the ... 02/02/06 - 20060024545 - Electrochemical polymer electrolyte membrane cell stacks and manufacturing methods thereof An improved electrochemical polymer electrolyte membrane cell stack is provided that includes one or more individual fuel cell cassettes, each fuel cell cassette having at least one membrane electrode assembly, fuel flow field and oxidant flow field. Within each fuel cell cassette, each membrane electrode assembly has at least one ... 12/22/05 - 20050282051 - Integrated honeycomb solid electrolyte fuel cells The invention of solid electrolyte fuel cell power generating system integrates heat exchange, combustion, exhaust recycle, steam/fuel conditioning, fuel reforming, water condensing, water drainage, or water recycle into monolithic honeycomb structures. Manifolds serve as honeycomb multiple channel group gas passageways between channels within a honeycomb or between honeycombs. The said ... 12/15/05 - 20050277007 - Fuel cell and method for manufacturing the same An electrode sheet (489) is put in one side of a solid electrolyte membrane (114) at its cut portion. A base member (110) for an oxidant electrode side current collector electrode sheet (499) is placed at a location facing a base member (104) for the electrode sheet (489) formed on ... 11/17/05 - 20050255356 - Solid oxide fuel cell The invention relates to a solid oxide fuel cell having an inlet for fuel, an inlet for air, an outlet for product gas, an outlet for depleted air, a fuel flow path between the inlet for fuel and the outlet for product gas, an air flow path between the inlet ... 11/10/05 - 20050249993 - Solid electrolyte fuel cell configuration A solid electrolyte fuel cell configuration provided with a single sheet shaped solid electrolyte substrate formed with a plurality of fuel cells and thereby not having a sealed structure, achieving a reduction of the size and a reduction of the cost, and able to improve the durability and improve the ... 11/03/05 - 20050244693 - Mestastable ceramic fuel cell and method of making same A solid oxide fuel cell has anode, cathode and electrolyte layers each formed essentially of a multi-oxide ceramic material and having a far-from-equilibrium, metastable structure selected from the group consisting of nanocrystalline, nanocomposite and amorphous. The electrolyte layer has a matrix of the ceramic material, and is impervious and serves ... 10/13/05 - 20050227134 - Offset interconnect for a solid oxide fuel cell and method of making same An interconnect for a solid oxide fuel cell includes a non-ionically and non-electrically conductive ceramic gas separator plate comprising at least two ceramic layers, a plurality of first vias extending through the first separator plate ceramic layer but not through the second separator plate ceramic layer and a plurality of ... 10/06/05 - 20050221139 - Modified carbon products, their use in bipolar plates and similar devices and methods relating to same Bipolar plates incorporating modified carbon products. The modified carbon products advantageously enhance the properties of the bipolar plates, leading to more efficiency within a fuel cell or a similar device. ... 10/06/05 - 20050221138 - Fuel cell system In one aspect, a fuel cell assembly comprises a plurality of fuel cells. Each of the fuel cells includes an anode layer, a cathode layer and an electrolyte interposed therebetween. The fuel cell further comprises a conducting layer in intimate contact with at least one of the cathode layer and ... 09/29/05 - 20050214614 - Fuel cell system The fuel cell system of the present invention includes at least one stack for generating electricity by a chemical reaction between hydrogen gas and oxygen. It also includes a fuel supply portion that supplies fuel containing the hydrogen gas to the stack, a first air supply portion supplying air to ... 09/15/05 - 20050202298 - Fuel cell A fuel cell includes a cell stack formed by stacking a plurality of cells, each cell having a membrane electrode assembly having an electrolyte membrane and an electrode provided at each side of the electrolyte membrane, a flow channel for supplying fluid to the electrode, and separators each having a ... 09/15/05 - 20050202297 - Fuel cell system in the form of a printed circuit board The invention relates to a planar fuel cell system comprising at least two fuel cells which are electrically mounted in series by means of horizontally overlapping connecting lugs (8 and 8′, 18 and 18′) and/or strip conductors (40), and a polymer electrolyte membrane (3). According to the invention, the current ... 07/21/05 - 20050158605 - Fuel cell and electronic device using it An object of the present invention is to provide a fuel cell whose generated output can be prevented from decreasing owing to the influence of impurities present in fuel, by reducing the production of an electrical short circuit between single cells which make a potential difference larger than that made ... 07/21/05 - 20050158604 - Fuel cell stack A casing includes end plates and first through fourth side plates. The first and third side plates are short, and the second and fourth side plates are long. At least cross sectional areas or shapes of the first through fourth side plates are determined such that the sides of the ... 07/21/05 - 20050158603 - Ultra short high pressure gradient flow path flow field The present invention is directed to a planar flow field design having an intake manifold and an exhaust manifold which are configured in two offset planes. A relatively short passage extends from the intake manifold through the exhaust manifold and terminates at a reactive face of a membrane electrode assembly ... 07/21/05 - 20050158602 - Fuel cell, cell or group of cells belonging to said fuel cell, replacement kit for said fuel cell and method for making same The invention concerns a fuel cell comprising a series of elementary cells (161 to 16n), each of said elementary cells including a central structure (361) consisting of one membrane and of two electrodes, arranged on either side of said membrane, as well as separation means, for separating each elementary cell ... 07/14/05 - 20050153188 - Component of a fuel cell unit In order to provide a component of a fuel cell unit that has an electric insulation effect at the operating temperature of the fuel cell unit and that has an adequate electrically insulating effect and an adequate mechanical strength also at a high operating temperature of the fuel cell unit, ... 07/07/05 - 20050147858 - Apparatus for separation or synthesis of process substances An apparatus for separation or synthesis of process substances is configured with at least two cell stacks, within each of which there is arranged at least one large-area layer for the separation or synthesis and passages are formed for feeding and discharging at least one process substance to or from ... 06/23/05 - 20050136313 - Fuel cell stack including hydrogen pumping fuel cells A fuel cell system includes a fuel cell stack having a first plurality of fuel cells each having an anode, a cathode and an electrolyte disposed therebetween, the first plurality of fuel cells being communicated with a source of hydrogen-containing fuel and oxidant so as to generate an electric current, ... 06/23/05 - 20050136312 - Compliant fuel cell system A fuel cell, comprising a first electrode layer, a second electrode layer and an electrolyte interposed therebetween. The fuel cell further comprises a first electrode interconnect for supporting the first electrode layer. The first electrode interconnect is in intimate contact with the first electrode layer. The fuel cell also comprises ... 06/16/05 - 20050130007 - Fuel cell system for low pressure operation This invention is an improved fuel cell design for use at low pressure. The invention has a reduced number of component parts to reduce fabrication costs, as well as a simpler design that permits the size of the system to be reduced at the same time as performance is being ... 06/09/05 - 20050123817 - Micro fuel cell system The present invention relates to a micro cell system (1) with a membrane electrode assembly (MEA) (2) which in each case is covered on the cathode-side and anode-side with a current collector foil (3, 4). The current collector foils in each case comprise at least one gas-permeable opening (5, 6). ... ### FreshPatents.com Support |